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Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: Oct 28th 2010 at 1:18:53 PM

The Machine of Death story keeps getting weirder / more awesome. American conservative talky guy Glenn Beck called us out on his show yesterday because it turned out that his book also had its official release date on October 26th, and he was upset that it was in third place to Keith Richard's new autobio "Life" and our little book. He told his listeners that he'd worked on his book for over a year, and that his books always debut at #1, and that we (along with Keith) were part of a left-wing "culture of death" that "celebrates the things that have destroyed us" and that everyone should support life by buying his book instead of ours?

It's basically amazing.

So now he's the #1 book on Amazon, and I can't really fault him for getting there by simply asking people to buy his book, since, you know, that's kinda exactly what we did on October 26th! But it is sort of awesome to have a celebrity beef with none other than Glenn Beck. It's also sort of awesome that he's mad at us for something we did entirely by accident: we didn't put the book out to spite him or to forever ruin his record for #1 book launches, and the only time I even noticed him was when we passed his book while moving from #5 to #2. It was honestly nothing personal, Glenn! For most of the time, we didn't even know you were there.

Awesome.

edited 28th Oct '10 1:19:25 PM by Nyktos

I guess it is.
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#2: Oct 28th 2010 at 1:40:25 PM

Did he just say that he didn't notice Glenn Beck was there? DUCK AND COVER!

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Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
Planescape Hijack
#3: Oct 28th 2010 at 2:30:25 PM

*claps*

I think Ryan North beating Glenn Beck can be safely declared a [awesome] for Real Life.

Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count Dorku
Gelzo Gerald Zosewater from the vault Since: Oct, 2009
Gerald Zosewater
#4: Oct 28th 2010 at 2:45:05 PM

Maybe Beck's supporters don't like to read.

edited 28th Oct '10 2:45:15 PM by Gelzo

Ruining everything forever.
Seamus Another Perfect Day from the Quantum Savanna Since: Jul, 2009
Another Perfect Day
#5: Oct 28th 2010 at 3:05:45 PM

I think my favorite part is that Glenn Beck complained that he was working on his book for a year, where Ryan and the gang have been working on theirs for five.

I've got two guns pointed west and a broken compass.
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RLabs from cat planet! Since: Feb, 2010
#7: Oct 28th 2010 at 5:28:26 PM

Holy shit, I almost cried over this. There are no words to describe how happy I am to be alive right now when random people from the internet beat out some ridiculous celebrity troll with his own TV show through simple collaboration.

(gets book, damages finger on sheet of paper reading VERY BIG PAPER CUT)

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